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I'm trying to gather a list of free antivirus available to test and would like your help to make a complete list. Here the ones i know:  

  • Ad-Aware Free Antivirus +
  • avast! Free Antivirus
  • AVG AntiVirus FREE
  • Avira Free Antivirus
  • Avetix Free
  • Baidu Antivirus Free
  • Bitdefender Free Edition
  • ClamWin+Clam Sentinel
  • Comodo Antivirus
  • Microsoft Security Essentials
  • NANO Antivirus beta
  • Outpost Security Suite FREE
  • Panda Free Antivirus
  • Qihoo 360 Internet Security
  • Tiranium Internet Security 2014 - Free
  • Zillya! Antivirus
  • ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall  

Thank you!

 

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And you are to test these all yourself, under what methodology?

 

You know there's already a free and paid best antivirus list?

 

No i was not aware of that list, i made a small search i didn't find it here.

 

About the methodology you can see here an earlier test made: http://deltabit.blogspot.pt/2014/11/teste-21-antivirus-gratuitos.html

Chili Free Antivirus (Bitdefender free 'gonzales' engine)

FortiClient

Roboscan (Bitdefender engine)

Immunet Protect (ClamAV / Bitdefender? i'm not sure about this one)

UnThreat Free AntiVirus (Vipre engine)

Returnil System Safe (F-Prot engine)

Tencent PC Manager (Tencent Engine, Tencent Cloud, Avira, Tencent Repair Engine)

SecureAPlus (Freemium)

nProtect  (nProtect developed engine Tachyon + BitDefender engine)

Virus Chaser (Bitdefender engine)

Chili Free Antivirus (Bitdefender free 'gonzales' engine) - trialware

Immunet Protect (ClamAV / Bitdefender? i'm not sure about this one) - doesn't allow definition updates

Returnil System Safe (F-Prot engine) - very old and trialware

 

Answers above in bold.

360 Internet Security is the best. Only downside is the Chinese Government will know everything you do on your computer.

 

If you've got nothing to hide like me, go for 360 Internet Security.

 

Google, MS, Apple do the same, why be scaried of the chinese and not the americans?

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360 Internet Security is the best. Only downside is the Chinese Government will know everything you do on your computer.

 

If you've got nothing to hide like me, go for 360 Internet Security.

 

It was just discovered that it fakes the results related to test.

 

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/qihoo-cheat-accusations,news-20867.html

http://www.chilisecurity.com/free-tools/free-antivirus/

 

hxxp://download.chilisecurity.com/windows/desktop/gonzales/Chili_Free_Antivirus.exe

 

Are you sure about Chili? I can't test it right now.

 

Chili is basically a re-branded Bitdefender free, it's all completely equal just changes the logo, the rest is the same!

nProtect is free but if you want to repair/remove threats you have to go to the paid version.

 

Lets see about the rest.

It will be interesting what you find, that other lists reviews, or comparisons have not done.  And how much the additional info you have prepared matters.

I  get tired of people who dont know what they are talking about mention crap AV software and say "I have it ... its great."

I am not interested in free AV, with prices so cheap on webroot's Secure Anywhere, I dont see how anyone would pass it up. (unless they are truly broke.)

Avast business - Pretty similar to the home edition but has a hosted management console to manage multiple installations. 

 
Sophos UTM Not sure if this counts as it's a UTM/Gateway device but it does do virus scanning of incoming traffic and the home edition is Free for 50 IP's

I just use the latest Panda Free Antivirus and it works well. Low impact on memory and resources.

Google, MS, Apple do the same, why be scaried of the chinese and not the americans?

Well, most of us are in the US and the EU so we have legal recourse with Google, MS, Apple, and the US government. The Chinese government? Not so much... The so called "spying" (data collection) is not so much a concern but the very real possibility that 360 Total Security is backdoored by the Chinese is...

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